单词 | dispossess |
释义 | dispossess (dɪspəzes ) Word forms: dispossesses , dispossessing , dispossessed verb If you are dispossessed of something that you own, especially land or buildings, it is taken away from you. ...people who were dispossessed of their land under apartheid. [be VERB-ed + of] They settled the land, dispossessing many of its original inhabitants. [VERB noun] Droves of dispossessed people emigrated to Canada. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: strip, deprive The dispossessed are people who are dispossessed. ...the plight of the poor and the dispossessed. |
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